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Places

Q: What does places mean?

places is the plural and third-person singular form of place, which means “a point located with respect to surface features of some region”. It has 12 meanings in total, listed above.

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About 2 syllables

noun · verb · 6 letters · Very common · plural and third-person singular form of place

Scrabble US & Canada : valid
Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
Words With Friends : valid
Wordle : not valid

What does places mean?

noun

a point located with respect to surface features of some region
“this is a nice place for a picnic”
Synonymstopographic pointspot
any area set aside for a particular purpose
“who owns this place?”
Synonymsproperty
an abstract mental location
“he has a special place in my thoughts”
a general vicinity
“He comes from a place near Chicago”
the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
“can you go in my stead?”
Synonymsstead position lieu
a particular situation
“If you were in my place what would you do?”
Synonymsshoes

verb

put into a certain place or abstract location
“Put your things here”
Synonymsput set pose position lay
place somebody in a particular situation or location
“he was placed on probation”
assign a rank or rating to
“how would you rank these students?”
Synonymsrate rank range order grade
assign a location to
“The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles”
Synonymslocate site
to arrange for
“place a phone call”
take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
“Jerry came in third in the Marathon”
Synonymscome income out

Definitions shown for place, the base form of places.

Is PLACES a valid word?

Game / word list	Valid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL)	Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS)	Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE)	Yes
Wordle (guess list)	No

How many points is PLACES worth?

Scrabble

10 pts

p ₃l ₁a ₁c ₃e ₁s ₁

Words With Friends

13 pts

p ₄l ₂a ₁c ₄e ₁s ₁

Wordfeud

12 pts

p ₄l ₁a ₁c ₄e ₁s ₁

NYT Crossplay

11 pts

p ₃l ₂a ₁c ₃e ₁s ₁

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in PLACES

Anagrams 1

caples

Best shorter words top 30 of 103

calps 9 capes 9 caple 9 claps 9 clasp 9 paces 9 place 9 scalp 9 scape 9 space 9 calp 8 cape 8 caps 8 ceps 8 clap 8 pace 8 pacs 8 pecs 8 spec 8 alecs 7 cap 7 cep 7 claes 7 laces 7 lapse 7 leaps 7 pac 7 pales 7 peals 7 pec 7

See all 103 words made from PLACES

Words that end like PLACES

Common words that share the ending -ACES, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

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All words ending in -ACES

Places: quick answers

Is PLACES a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. PLACES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 10 points before board bonuses.

How many points is PLACES worth?

PLACES scores 10 points in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends, 12 in Wordfeud and 11 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.

What does places mean?

places is the plural and third-person singular form of place, which means “a point located with respect to surface features of some region”. It has 12 meanings in total, listed above.

What words can you make with the letters in PLACES?

You can make 103 shorter words from PLACES, such as CALPS, CAPES, CAPLE, CLAPS. See the full list.

What are the anagrams of PLACES?

PLACES rearranges into CAPLES.